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Executions, as well as tell tales signs of division and incitements to hunt down foreigners in Ivory Coast, have been reported [fr] on different Facebook profiles and on Twitter, via the central conversation thread and hashtag #civ2010 (“Ivory Coast 2010″ – in use since the presidential election).

A demonstration of Pro-Gbagbo youth near the Golf Hotel where Alassane Ouattara sought refuge in Abidjan (25/01/2011)

guys, the situation being dire, let’ s switch to another method, Confirmed info. Soldiers from Senegal and Burkina Faso (corpses of assailants) are fighting in Abobo [a suburb of Abidjan] against our FDS and loot everything, spread this info in your circles to pressure their fellow citizens. If others among us are killed, their citizens will pack and leave. What ECOMOG has announced must be valid for countries who ultimately gave some soldiers to come here to kill. It is unacceptable that Burkinabe and Senegalese, to whom we have given food and shelter and who got rich here now kill our men and loot everything. It is not acceptable and we will not accept it. This endeavor should not prosper any longer. Hail to brave hearts

The next day, shops belonging to Senegalese citizens Ismaël Ba, Mamadou Barroh, among others, were looted.

Some ‘Young Patriots’, a generic name given to Ivorian youth supporting president Gbagbo, as for instance the Patriotes Invisibles [fr], have lately put their Facebook profiles on private; while others, like @MossiDramane, are still very active on Twitter under various handles.